What is "potential" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "potential": the inherent capacity for coming into being

Noun

Hyphenation: po‧ten‧tial

Meaning of "potential": existing in possibility

Adjective

Hyphenation: po‧ten‧tial

Meaning of "potential": the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts

Noun

Hyphenation: po‧ten‧tial

Meaning of "potential": expected to become or be; in prospect

Adjective

Hyphenation: po‧ten‧tial

Synonyms:

likely, hidden, possible, probable, budding, future, conceivable, dormant, embryonic, imaginable, implied, inherent, latent, lurking, plausible, quiescent, thinkable, undeveloped, abeyant, prepatent, unrealized, within realm of possibility, capability, power, capacity, ability, potentiality, wherewithal, aptitude, the makings, what it takes,

Antonyms:

unlikely, helpless, lacking, impossible, unpromising, inability, incompetence, weakness, lack, impotence, impossible,